India, Jan. 24 -- Ralph, in his thirties, desires a steady relationship. But his partner, Ojas wants to keep it open. Meanwhile, Ralph's house-help Zubina faces a crisis. After walking in on Ralph and Ojas sharing a moment of tenderness, she starts questioning her own marriage, one that has produced two children, but little love. As Ralph tries to retain a sense of equanimity under the shadow of Ojas's decision, and as Zubina struggles to understand the foundations of her own married life, both, from vastly different circumstances, find themselves beset similarly by confusion. Both are in relationships burdened by unsaid words. Both are waiting for a future to reveal itself. An exceptional debut novel that follows an affluent couple in Kolkata and a working-class Muslim mother in the city's slums, Unfolding ventures where few stories go. It confronts the wayward ways of the heart, articulates the true price of love, and explores what it means to find the road back home....